Word: scholarships
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very long shot. But lately vouchers have been picking up steam. Democrats like Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist and former New York Congressman Floyd Flake have joined Republicans in advocating school choice. And last week venture capitalist Ted Forstmann and Wal-Mart heir John Walton announced the Children's Scholarship Fund, a $200 million initiative to provide scholarships for 50,000 children to attend private or parochial schools...
Hancock, the new Miss Massachusetts, will get a $9,300 scholarship and the chance to compete in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J. this September...
...think she's going to stand a very good chance in the Miss America pageant," said Steven L. Klamkin, a spokesperson for the Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Foundation...
...Bible and reciting in church. At 6 she moved to her mother's home in Milwaukee, Wis.; later, to her father's in Nashville, Tenn. A lonely child, she found solace in books. When a seventh-grade teacher noticed the young girl reading during lunch, he got her a scholarship to a better school. Winfrey's talent for public performance and spontaneity in answering questions helped her win beauty contests--and get her first taste of public attention...
...Crimson's accomplishment cannot be overstated. Simply put, it made national history. Even if another 16 seed comes along one day and duplicates the feat, Harvard was still the first. Moreover, the likelihood of another non-scholarship school matching the Crimson's achievement is slim, at best...